Re: [PATCH 2/3][GCC] GNAT/testsuite: Pass the `ada' option to target compilation

Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2019, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
> [...]
>  We are not consistent here in `gnat_target_compile' anyway, as you can 
> see from the two existing `concat' invocations, and also the `timeout=300' 
> element.
>   

That is the GCC testsuite rather than DejaGnu itself, so it is less of a 
concern to me.

>> Perhaps {lappend options ada} might be simpler?  Is placing ada at the 
>> beginning of the list important?
>>     
>
>  It can't be last because we override the default compiler otherwise
> selected by this option in `default_target_compile', and then options 
> passed in may override it further.  Overall I felt it to be safer if we 
> placed the compiler type selection first rather than somewhere in the 
> middle.
>   

This is probably a bug in DejaGnu, (those options should set defaults 
rather than override whatever else has been given) but you will still 
need to work around it for the installed base.

>  I hope it clears your concerns.
>   

As far as the patch to GCC goes, I am not worried.

-- Jacob